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Well, we are used to anonymous people showing up in random comment threads who clearly know nothing about science that they didn’t read in mass media who feel comfortable proclaiming themselves to be professors. It’s practically an epidemic. You have to wonder what they think they are achieving by misrepresenting themselves.

“Oh, if I really *were* a scientist I *still* wouldn’t believe this stuff, so I might as well pretend to be one…“?

[a] congressman’s office received at least six letters from two Charlottesville-based minority organizations voicing opposition to the measure.

The letters, as it turns out, were forgeries.

“They stole our name. They stole our logo. They created a position title and made up the name of someone to fill it. They forged a letter and sent it to our congressman without our authorization,” said Tim Freilich, who sits on the executive committee of Creciendo Juntos, a nonprofit network that tackles issues related to Charlottesville’s Hispanic community. “It’s this type of activity that undermines Americans’ faith in democracy.”

The faked letter from Creciendo Juntos was signed by “Marisse K. Acevado, Asst Member Coordinator,” an identity and position at Creciendo Juntos that do not exist.

The person who sent the letter has not been identified, but he or she was employed by a Washington lobbying firm

OK, really? What’s the ethical argument here? “If I really *were* Hispanic I would still oppose Waxman, so it’s OK to steal organizational letterhead and write to a congressman claiming to represent them“???

This isn’t just a kid trolling the comment threads on the internet for earnest liberals to bother. This is a professional organization performing its duties to its client as they perceive them deliberately injecting noise into the governing process.

What do these people think they are achieving? How the hell do they sleep at night?

Is this for real? Here’s a climate story for the mainstream media. Rake some muck, please.